Articles that Ben has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more. Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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The Royal Tracker
The Royal Enfield Continental GT isn’t a motorcycle that you’d immediately associate with potential for a flat tracker custom build. The factory-built cafe racer…
The Shinola Runwell Turntable
The new Shinola Runwell Turntable is 100% assembled in Detroit at the Shinola flagship store, where workers can be seen taking them from individual…
A Brief History of the UJM – The Universal Japanese Motorcycle
The creation of the Japanese sword gives us an insight into the thinking behind the creation of the Universal Japanese Motorcycle (UJM). In the time prior to the Japanese creating their own sword design they used a variety of design concepts mostly borrowed from China. But there came a point at which they seem to have collectively decided that the two handed sabre was the best choice…
Spidi Intercruiser H2Out Jacket
The Spidi Intercruiser H2Out is one of the more practical jackets we’ve featured recently – it’s a 4-season jacket with a removable H2Out waterproof…
1969 Chevrolet El Camino L89 SS
The Chevrolet El Camino was built in 5 generations, beginning in 1959 and ending in 1987. Since the model left production it’s retained a…
Steve McQueen In Le Mans – A Graphic Novel
Steve McQueen In Le Mans is a new graphic novel by Swiss artist Sandro Garbo, he wanted to take one of the most famous…
US Army Vietnam Training Film: Shotgun Rider
Shotgun Rider is a 1967 training film created by The Army Pictorial Center for new recruits in training for deployment to Vietnam as helicopter…
1990 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II
The story of the Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II can’t be told without also telling a little about its arch rival – the…
An All-New Bimota HB1
The Bimota HB1 was the first bike to ever wear the now-legendary Bimota badge on its tank, and it came about by accident. And…
Captain America Lamp by The Modern Weld
The Modern Weld is a company in Columbus, Ohio that builds lamps from classic motorcycle headlights and vintage photography tripods. They modernize the intervals…
MotoEssence Yamaha RD350 YPVS Racer
Essenza – The Essence of Motorcycles is a 1/8 of a mile race developed this year with two runnings in Europe. One on the…
Moto 76 Engine Tee
Moto 76 is a small company that makes all of their gear by hand in the USA, their tees are all hand-drawn and screen…